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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 24, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, altruism, assumptions, bias, Chronicle of Higher Education, David Hume, Harvard University, Lord Kelvin, objectivity, postmodernism, replication crisis, science, Steven Pinker, subjectivity, thermodynamics}

Is Science Objective? Steven Pinker’s Counterattack Against the “War on Science”

_{Richard Weikart
February 24, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Unfortunately, Pinker’s overweening faith in science as a reliable path to the truth has its own problems. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Bible, Christopher Hitchens, David Klinghoffer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Globe and Mail, H.L. Mencken, Jacques Derrida, Jane Goodall, Jordan Peterson, Michel Foucault, post-modernism, Richard Rorty, Scopes Monkey Trial, Third Reich, Twitter, University of Toronto}

Jordan Peterson — Do the Stitches Hold?

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 15, 2018

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science, Psychology, Scientific Freedom, Social Sciences

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The modern heretic and YouTube sensation seeks to meld clinical and evolutionary psychology with Jung, Nietzsche, and the Bible. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 13, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, Ben Stein, Censor of the Year, Discovery Institute, disruption, Expelled (movie), free speech, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Jo-Jo Eumerus, PJ Media, Stephen Meyer, Switzerland, Tyler O’Neil, vandalism, Wikipedia}

Wikipedia Shreds the Truth

_{David Klinghoffer
February 13, 2018

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom, Sociology

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The less anyone cares, the more you can trust this ubiquitous information source. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 30, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, Carl Jung, debate, evolution, Harvard University, heretics, intelligent design, interview, Jordan Peterson, lobsters, orthodoxy, serotonin, theistic evolution, Wall Street Journal}

What Jordan Peterson Might Say to Intelligent Design Proponents

_{David Klinghoffer
January 30, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Psychology

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Peterson’s signature issues aren’t really on the radar screen here, and behind much of his perspective on psychology is a standard evolutionary viewpoint. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 18, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, asymmetry, Darwinism, disability, Human Zoos, IQ, John West, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Richard Weikart, science fiction}

Facial Symmetry, and Soulless Darwinism

_{David Klinghoffer
January 18, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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Rude remarks and hurt feelings at a holiday party may seem a trivial matter. Yet this vignette is very telling. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 29, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, Alexa, Amazon, Baylor University, bias, co-founder, editing, encyclopedia, Google, Günter Bechly, ideology, inaccuracy, intelligent design, Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger, mental illness, neutrality, pseudonym, pseudoscience, science, Septimus Heap, State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, trolls, Vise, Walter Bradley, Wikipedia}

#4 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Wiki Co-Founder Blasts “Appallingly Biased” Wikipedia Entry on ID

_{David Klinghoffer
December 29, 2017

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology

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A philosophy PhD, Larry Sanger worked with Jimmy Wales to found Wikipedia in 2001. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 12, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science Reporting
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, Alexa, Amazon, Baylor University, bias, cancel culture, co-founder, editing, encyclopedia, Google, Günter Bechly, ideology, inaccuracy, intelligent design, Jimmy Wales, Jo-Jo Eumerus, Larry Sanger, mental illness, Neutral Point of View policy, neutrality, pseudonym, pseudoscience, science, Septimus Heap, State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, trolls, Vise, Walter Bradley, Wikipedia}

Wikipedia Co-Founder Blasts “Appallingly Biased” Wikipedia Entry on Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
December 12, 2017

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science Reporting, Sociology

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"It simply cannot be defended as neutral," says Larry Sanger, who launched the online encyclopedia with Jimmy Wales in 2001. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 13, 2017

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", altruism, apes, brain, Darwinism, Discovering Intelligent Design, E.O. Wilson, Fire-Maker, fossil record, Francis Collins, Holocaust, hominin, human origins, ID's Top Six, intelligent design, Michael Denton, Michael Ruse, National Academy of Sciences, Philip Skell, Science and Human Origins, Wesley J. Smith}

ID’s Top Six — The Origin of Humans

_{Casey Luskin
November 13, 2017

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Reproductive Science

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There are many aspects of humanity that point to intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 30, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, balance, censorship, Discovery Institute, editor, encyclopedia, Günter Bechly, Guy Fawkes mask, intelligent design, Katherine Maher, neutrality, Pittsburgh, Portland, pseudonym, Switzerland, U.C. Irvine, Walter Bradley, Wikipedia}

Scientist Protests Wikipedia’s Mob Rule; Gets a Form Letter in Response

_{David Klinghoffer
October 30, 2017

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom, Sociology

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Dr. Harris had been a modest donor to the Wikipedia Foundation. This drew a solicitation email from executive director Katherine Maher. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 27, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, __k-review, alt-right, Bronx Zoo, Charlottesville, Discovery Institute, evolution, history, Human Zoos, John West, journalism, Monkey House, Oregon, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Ota Benga, Portland, Racism, science, Virginia}

Human Zoos — An Untold Story, Until Now

_{David Klinghoffer
October 27, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution, Political Science

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Director and writer John West was interviewed by the Oregon Documentary Film Festival and he tells how he learned of the subject matter himself. Read More ›